By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent ORGANIZED public jeepney owners and drivers yesteray threatened to bring the commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division to court to force him to lift a Camp Evangelista ban on jeepneys.Delia Tormis, presidente of the Camp Evangelista Operators and Drivers Association (Ceoda), said her group has agreed to go to court and seek a temporary restraining order against 4th ID commander Maj. Gen. Oscar Lactao and other Army officials.This as Camp Evangelista’s military police went strict again and barred some 70 public jeepneys from bringing passengers into the army camp in Patag due to “security reasons.” Tormis said the Camp Evangelista ban was a violation of their jeepney franchise which mandates them to bring in and bring out passengers. The route, she said, is Camp Evangelista-Cogon, vice versa.The ban, according to Tormis, forces jeepney drivers to drop passengers at the Ceoda terminal, located some 200 meters from the main gate of Camp Evangelista.Tormis said many passengers have complained, and protested the ban.She also raised a legal issue: the road being used by the jeepneys are a “barangay road,” and not the military’s. Tormis said the problem started on May 2, 2014 when then then 4th ID commander Maj. Gen. Ricardo Visaya decided to ban the jeepneys due to security reasons. Visaya however allowed only four public utility vehicles to operate only inside the Army camp. The public vehicles are owned by Edilberto Guzman, Ferdinand Quiblat, Teodoro Gentiles, and Luzviminda Micabalo. Mandangan Darimbang, regional director of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), said the setup was a violation of LTFRB rules and the owners of the four accredited public vehicles could be charged with trip cutting and undercharging for collecting from passengers only P3 each instead of the P7-minimum fare. Darimbang the LTFRB franchise requires the jeepneys to bring the passengers from the Army camp to Cogon, vice versa. Capt. Patrick Martinez, Camp Evangelista spokesperson, said military officials were still waiting for a LTFRB ruling.He said Lactao also wanted to gave a dialgue with barangay officials, the Coeda president and Darimbang in order to reach a “win-win” solution.